i have dreams of opening a letterpress business. i’ve always wanted to design wedding invitations for a living. but in the past year or so, i’ve fallen in love with letterpress, and it’s now my dream to have a letterpress studio, specializing in invitations.

Some day, we would love to own our own landscaping/construction business! I have a family trucking business that could be mine but we want to adapt it so that we have our own niche too! We’ll own the whole company and let the truckers drive truck and have a nifty little landscaping operation on top of it!

My dream is to be my own boss! It has been since I was about 15.. I’m not meant to be controlled or directed by others 😉

@PetalFace: money. simple as that. i don’t have the money to buy a press (they’re super expensive), or the space to keep it. i’m working on an etsy shop to sell printed/printable invitations. it’ll happen. it’s the letterpress part that’s preventing me from going that direction.

@colorofmyheart: What’s too expensive? name the price, if you don’t mind. So you do have an etsy shop already?

I was thinking of making invitations too. Basically the ones I had for my wedding. And I think Etsy is a low risk place for selling them. One obstacle I just found out yesterday, was that one of the suppliers I used has closed down. I don’t live in a big city so that was a big blow to me.

The place I currently work in is closing down next year and so I just want to be ready 🙂

@PetalFace: I would love to start a handmade gift business. I have always loved putting gifts together. For my bridesmaids I am filling decorative boxs with personalized gifts, and would love to do this for a living. I make handmade soaps, scrubs, scarves, hats, jewelery, knick-knacks, ect.

@Little_Hedgy: You make those things already (soap, scarfs, etc) and you don’t have a business?! Wasted talent 😉 I’m lucky if I could even make one thing well! Can you post some pictures of some of the things you’ve made?

@PetalFace: I’m too scared I would fail haha. I don’t think I have picures of most of my stuff since I give it all away but here’s a picture of a sun catcher I made for a friend made with the birthstones of her, her husband and her son.